In the days before digital technology, mass-market paperback books were one of the most effective ways of introducing radical new political and cultural paradigms into the mainstream.
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Using accessible language to craft vivid characters in compelling plots, authors could take on revolutionary themes. Often, their stories would address issues of race, gender, sexuality, class and militarism.
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“The political and social upheaval of the time had such an impact,” say Andrew Nettie and Iain McIntrye, editors of Sticking It to the Man: Revolution and Counterculture in Pulp and Popular Fiction, 1950 to 1980 (PM Press). “It couldn’t help but be reflected in the work of people involved in creative endeavours, and the industries tied to them.”
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